Veterans returned, built our country

Earlier this year Phil Reisman wrote a column ("Remembering the generation that saved the world," June 13) about young boys fighting a war and winning. They just did not fight a war and win, but they also built our country. They came home and built roads, bridges and fought for fairness in the work place. They built unions for the benefit of the working people, were fair and held each other accountable. They were true leaders who led by example, keeping things real; they were simply men.

Sixty-five years later CEOs have outrageous salaries on the backs of the workers; Wall Street is controlling every dime and at one point broke the pension system of the working person. Government became your biggest employer, politicians controlled jobs and unions. Union leaders started using workers as soldiers for their own political motives. Workers became afraid and did not have the courage to fight back; instead, they started selling each other out for their personal benefits.

Sixty-five years is a short period, but when it comes to our veterans, we turned our backs on the men and women who built our country.

We are simply heading backward.

Michael Starro

Yonkers

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Veterans returned, built our country

Earlier this year Phil Reisman wrote a column ('Remembering the generation that saved the world,' June 13) about young boys fighting a war and winning. They just did not fight a war and win, but they

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